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Giddings must rule out going into net debt - 7th February 2012
Premier and Treasurer Lara Giddings must immediately rule out taking the state into net debt in order solve her Government’s financial woes... more
Economy in trouble under Green-Labor Govt - 6th February 2012
Today’s retail trade and ANZ job advertisements data shows that the economy has stalled under the Green-Labor Government... more
Only one in seven ex-forestry workers has found a full-time job - 6th February 2012
Latest statistics give an insight into the devastating impact of the disastrous forestry deal, confirming that the majority of ex-forestry workers have been left out in the cold with no alternative employment... more
Labor must ditch the Greens so that we can capitalize on China opportunity - 4th February 2012
In the face of the evidence of its own report, the Green-Labor Government cannot sustain the lie that the no markets exist for the Tasmanian timber industry... more
URS report - 3rd February 2012
This report makes the Liberals’ case... more
Giddings breaks pledge to protect family owned sawmillers - 3rd February 2012
The Premier has broken her promise that the IGA would protect family-owned sawmillers... more
Another bleak economic survey - 31st January 2012
Another bleak NAB business confidence survey again highlights the need for the Green-Labor Government to adopt the Liberals’ positive plan to turn the economy around... more
Forestry at a crisis point – Labor abandons jobs, communities - 31st January 2012
Instead of working with the Greens to shut down the forestry industry so that they can remain in Government, Labor should have the courage of their convictions and work with the Liberals to save forestry jobs... more
Brickworks closure a blow to the state - 30th January 2012
The announcement today of the closure of K&D Brickworks is a massive blow for the Tasmanian business industry and the 30 workers at the Hobart site... more
IGA report - 20th January 2012
To suggest that our $1.4 billion forest industry can be replaced by a few walking tracks and niche cottage industries is sheer fantasy... more
Govt mismanagement hurting building industry - 18th January 2012
ABS figures released today show that Tasmania’s vital building industry is suffering from the Green-Labor Government’s economic mismanagement... more
Greens challenged to put up, or shut up on forest deal - 17th January 2012
If the disastrous forest deal is as bad for conservation outcomes as the Greens claim, they should vote with us in the Parliament to defeat it... more
TCCI Survey shows Tasmania is closed for business - 16th January 2012
The TCCI Survey of Business Expectations proves that the closed for business sign is well and truly up in Tasmania... more
“Peace” deal comprehensively fails – rip it up - 14th January 2012
Now that the Greens and ENGOs have confirmed that they are unwilling to provide peace in return for an additional 428,000 hectares of our productive native forests being locked-up... more
Response to Ta Ann statement - 29th December 2011
Ta Ann has today confirmed what we’ve been saying, and everyone knows: the IGA is destroying Tasmania’s forest industry, and it’s costing jobs... more
Marr’s rejection of FT Triabunna offer means Government should invoke clause 32 and rip-up the IGA - 23rd December 2011
The flat rejection by Alec Marr of Forestry Tasmania’s offer to run the Triabunna woodchip mill is proof positive that the disastrous forestry deal has failed and should be ripped up... more
Premier should kick economic vandals out of Cabinet - 22nd December 2011
Not only does the ongoing campaigning against Ta Ann by Green groups prove that the disastrous forest deal is a dud which should be ripped up, this anti-Tasmanian activity is being actively supported and encouraged by the two Green members of the Cabinet... more
Schedulers Report confirms IGA a dud - 19th December 2011
The Independent Schedulers Report released today confirms that the disastrous forest deal is a farce and a political construct designed to keep the Labor-Green alliance in power... more
Real Estate slump will worsen budget black hole - 18th December 2011
Reports that property sellers are slashing the asking price when selling their properties is confirmation that the Tasmanian economy is in trouble... more
Mckim should be condemned for encouraging illegal protests - 15th December 2011
Government Minister McKim is now taking the opportunity of a mortally wounded Premier to flout her authority, and to encourage illegal protests in the forests... more
Disappointment at Council rejecting mill motion - 12th December 2011
I am astonished and extremely disappointed that the Launceston City Council today failed to support the $2.5 billion Bell Bay pulp mill... more
Disappointment at Council rejecting mill motion - 12th December 2011
I am astonished and extremely disappointed that the Launceston City Council today failed to support the $2.5 billion Bell Bay pulp mill... more
Confirmation TOTE sale was all about cash for pork-barreling - 11th December 2011
Confirmation today by Bryan Green that selling the TOTE was all about grabbing cash for pork-barreling is proof of how low this government will stoop... more
Another $32 million of gov’t assets for sale to plug black hole - 11th December 2011
Tasmanians are again being forced to pay for the gross financial incompetence of Labor and the Greens, this time with the sale of up to 32 government-owned properties-that we know of... more
Desperate Giddings in denial over recession - 9th December 2011
For three days now, despite all the evidence, Lara Giddings has been in denial about the Tasmanian economy being in recession... more
FT fire sale due to disastrous forestry deal - 9th December 2011
Today is was revealed that Forestry Tasmania has sold off their profitable share in their softwood joint venture for less than its book value because they desperately need the cash to keep afloat... more
Recession is fact not a ‘rounding error’ - 8th December 2011
The ABS statistics clearly explain that the Tasmanian economy has shrunk for three consecutive quarters on a trend basis, while the national economy is growing... more
Tas in recession: inevitable under Green-Labor Government - 7th December 2011
It was inevitable that under the Green-Labor Government Tasmania would go into recession... more
Auditor-General confirms Giddings’ cash raid - 5th December 2011
The Auditor-General has confirmed that the Green-Labor Government has spent most of the state’s cash reserves built up over the last two decades with the last three years spending taking us to the verge of a cash crisis... more
Dodgy process leads to dodgy TOTE deal - 1st December 2011
The Green-Labor Government has given away TOTE for two-thirds of the value that experts said it was worth... more
Cruel hoax gives glimpse of what could happen unless Labor stands up to the anti-everything Greens - 1st December 2011
Today’s cruel Harvey Norman hoax should act as a wake-up call to the Government. The Green movement will stop at nothing when it comes to trying to hurt the forest industry... more
Disastrous forestry deal stalls - 1st December 2011
The disastrous forestry deal is failing to provide any kind of certainty for the forestry industry... more
Gutwein’s mo to go! - 1st December 2011
Growing the mo has raised nearly $500 for men’s health during the month of November... more
GST update confirms we must grow the economy - 30th November 2011
Following yesterday’s GST update, it is now more important than ever that we have a strong, growing economy so that we can stand on our own two feet as a State... more
Treasurer must explain TOTEs tax-free status - 29th November 2011
Two years ago the Government legislated to provide TOTE with a tax free status. At the time, they said it would help TOTE compete. Yet if TOTE is sold and is not required to pay tax, we will effectively be giving TOTE away for a one-off windfall that Labor and the Greens will no doubt waste on pork-barrelling... more
TOTE boss shoots down Giddings’ TOTE claims - 29th November 2011
TOTE CEO, Craig Coleman, has shot down the Treasurer’s argument that if TOTE isn’t sold, taxpayers will have to invest an extra $20 million in TOTE’s infrastructure... more
Government refuses to release scheduler’s report under RTI laws - 28th November 2011
The Green-Labor Government has refused the Liberals’ request under Right to Information laws to release the Scheduler’s Report into harvesting in the 430,000 hectares locked-up under the disastrous forestry deal... more
Government can’t be believed on asset sales - 24th November 2011
The Green-Labor Government can’t be believed in their claims that they won’t sell more government assets to plug their billion dollar budget black hole... more
Tasmania performs disastrously compared to the rest of the country - 23rd November 2011
If more evidence was required to convince Tasmanians of just how poorly the State’s economy is performing under the Green-Labor Government the ABS national accounts data provides just that... more
Giddings hands 3.5 per cent pay rise to senior bureaucrats while frontline services slashed - 23rd November 2011
In Parliament today Lara Giddings showed how out of touch she is with ordinary Tasmanians by defending a 3.5 per cent pay rise to over 200 senior bureaucrats... more
Tax Review Panel - 22nd November 2011
The Liberals believe that tax reform should mean lower taxes. We have always been, and we always will be the party of lower taxes... more
Forest Industry held to ransom by the Green Labor IGA - 16th November 2011
Today’s advertisement from Triabunna Investments seeking operators for the mill “subject to the terms of the IGA” confirms that if the mill ever does re-open, it will be a Clayton’s re-opening only... more
Green-Labor warped priorities: consultants over elective surgery - 15th November 2011
Labor and the Greens’ warped priorities have been exposed again, this time by spending $118 million on consultants over the past three years... more
Triabunna mill a test of Giddings’ leadership - 11th November 2011
While the resolution of the lease dispute between Tasports and the Triabunna mill owners is a welcome step forward, the mill is still far from open and a number of key questions remain unanswered... more
Another Parkinson gaffe reveals deep split in Labor on disastrous forestry deal - 10th November 2011
A trade-mark blunder from Labor MP, Doug Parkinson, has revealed the deep divide in Labor over the disastrous forestry deal... more
Government incompetence exposed over TOTE - 10th November 2011
Reports today that Mr Aird and Mr Bartlett personally approved TOTE’s $5 million investment in Sports Alive, which a liquidator has claimed was insolvent at the time, confirms that you simply can’t trust Labor with money... more
1000 jobs disappear under Giddings’ watch; low participation rate hides extent of unemployment problem - 10th November 2011
While the Liberals welcome the minor growth in jobs in October, the fact remains that 1000 jobs have disappeared in the 10 months since Lara Giddings became Premier... more
Giddings must act over Greens’ latest anti-Ta Ann rant - 9th November 2011
It’s time that Lara Giddings acted decisively against her Green cabinet members who continue to compromise Tasmanian jobs and investment with their attacks on Ta Ann... more
IGA a farce - Government gives up on Triabunna, must come clean on new woodchip mill plans - 5th November 2011
The Intergovernmental Agreement is a farce... more
Labor split on IGA: Bryan Green must act - 3rd November 2011
Forestry Minister Bryan Green must end the uncertainty caused by the disastrous forestry deal that is crippling the forestry industry... more
Government blows budget on consultants, spends 100k a day on advice - 2nd November 2011
Once again the Green-Labor Government has shown it can’t handle money and it hasn’t got its priorities right, this time by spending an extraordinary $37 million in 2010-11 on consultants... more
Giddings’ budget off the rails - 30th October 2011
The budget update released today shows that the economy has stalled, the Green-Labor Government is still overspending and Tasmania is heading towards a $1 billion deficit... more
Giddings blows budget by $8m a month since becoming Premier - 28th October 2011
Shortly after becoming Premier in February this year, Lara Giddings delivered the Mid Year Financial Report and claimed that Tasmania was on the brink of a financial crisis if she didn’t rein in spending... more
Govt blows the budget...again - 27th October 2011
The Government has spent more than it budgeted for an astounding seventh year in a row. Over the last seven years, the Government has overspent by over $1 billion... more
The Green ‘doormats’ capitulate on TOTE sale - 26th October 2011
Just like any house, right by the front door of the House of Assembly there are the doormats - five Green doormats that the Labor Party can walk all over... more
IGA in a shambles - 26th October 2011
As if it wasn’t bad enough that Labor and the Greens have completely trashed the State’s finances, it now is clear that the Treasurer wants to sell off profit-making Government businesses to plug holes in the budget... more
Govt must come clean on asset sales - 25th October 2011
As if it wasn’t bad enough that Labor and the Greens have completely trashed the State’s finances, it now is clear that the Treasurer wants to sell off profit-making Government businesses to plug holes in the budget... more
Giddings in denial over 2100 jobs lost on her watch - 25th October 2011
In the eight months (to September) since Lara Giddings became Premier, ABS statistics show 2,100 jobs have disappeared... more
Retail sector still struggling: Commsec - 23rd October 2011
The disastrous effects of the Green-Labor Government’s economic policies are clear to see in the latest Commsec State of the State report... more
David O’Byrne ignores his responsibilities and refuses to resolve Triabunna mill issue - 22nd October 2011
Infrastructure Minister David O’Byrne should step in and work to resolve a stand-off between Tasports and the new owners of the Triabunna mill over the transfer of a lease for Triabunna wharf... more
Giddings deceives over North Melbourne deal – taxpayer money goes to footy ahead of frontline services - 21st October 2011
Premier and Treasurer Lara Giddings must explain reports that over $1 million in additional funding has flowed to AFL Tasmania as a direct result of the North Melbourne football deal... more
Advice on 430,000ha should be released - 20th October 2011
The Government's advice on whether harvesting needs to continue in the 430,000 ha of forest locked-up under the disastrous forest deal must be publicly released... more
Green has no answers on Triabunna Mill - 19th October 2011
Minister Green was today unable to advise when the Triabunna mill would re-open despite this being a key requirement of the forestry agreement... more
Secret sale exposed: what other govt businesses are for sale? - 17th October 2011
The Treasurer must tell Tasmanians what government businesses are up for sale, after it was revealed today that TOTE was secretly put back on the market last month... more
Rio Tinto Bell Bay uncertainty - 17th October 2011
At a time when the Tasmanian economy is struggling, the forestry industry is being dismantled, thousands of jobs have been lost this year alone and the unstable Green-Labor Government is struggling to hold itself together... more
McKim must condemn the actions of Peg Putt - 17th October 2011
Greens leader Nick McKim must stand up for Tasmania and condemn the outrageous actions of former Greens’ leader Peg Putt... more
Giddings’ embarrassing and in-depth attack highlights how rattled she is - 16th October 2011
Lara Giddings’ latest hopeless flailing against the Liberals’ Alternative Budget only serves to confirm how rattled she is by our move to overturn her callous elective surgery cuts and replace them with our sensible savings alternatives... more
Secrecy and secret deals between Labor and the Greens continue - 15th October 2011
The revelation that the Premier intends to keep secret for another two weeks the outcome of the expert assessment on whether or not harvesting needs to continue within the 430,000 ha proposed for lock-up under the disastrous forest deal is clear evidence that another dirty deal is being struck between the Greens and Labor... more
Another 100 jobs disappear in September - 13th October 2011
The Green-Labor Government is destroying jobs and trashing our economy just to keep their fragile alliance together... more
Giddings has the power to act on Triabunna mill - 13th October 2011
Instead of standing on the sidelines Ms Giddings must now commit to using her power to enact clause 32 of the Intergovernmental Agreement which allows a ‘review’ of the terms of the agreement if the mill does not re-open... more
Labor concedes Triabunna mill won't reopen - 12th October 2011
By paying for the forestry industry to move logs to the north of the State for export, the Green-Labor Government has conceded that the Triabunna woodchip mill won't reopen... more
Government must do more to re-boot the economy - 5th October 2011
Today’s news that retail trade in Tasmania has grown marginally is welcome but no cause for celebration for the Green-Labor Government... more
Overspending comes back to bite - 5th October 2011
In the past six years, the Government has overspent by well over a billion dollars and now Tasmanians are paying through savage health cuts... more
Greens must now act on Gunns compo - 4th October 2011
Following the release of the explosive Gunns letter yesterday, the Greens must now back our calls requiring the release of the Solicitor-General’s advice on the matter... more
Explosive letter confirms Gunns voluntarily gave up contracts and residual rights - 3rd October 2011
Previously secret communications between Gunns and Forestry Tasmania, obtained by the Liberals under Right to Information laws, blows a massive hole in Lara Giddings’ claim that she had no option but to pay Gunns $34.5* million in compensation for exiting native forestry... more
Will the Greens put up on Gunns compo advice? - 2nd October 2011
Shadow Forestry Minister Peter Gutwein today challenged the Tasmanian Greens to put their money where their mouths are regarding the Solicitor-General’s advice on the Gunns compensation issue... more
Majority of forestry workers to get no compensation - 28th September 2011
Minister Green today confirmed that forestry workers who lost their jobs before the IGA was signed on August 7th this year won’t get one cent of compensation... more
Greens and Labor combine to keep Gunns compo advice secret - 28th September 2011
The Greens have sold out their principles in order to keep their fragile partnership with Labor alive... more
Premier Misleads Over Industry Support for Forest Deal - 27th September 2011
The Premier has today shown just how far she will stretch the truth to ensure that the disastrous forestry agreement fits her own political agenda... more
Family-Owned Sawmillers Shortchanged at Expense of Gunns - 27th September 2011
Tasmanian family-owned sawmillers have been shortchanged at the expense of Gunns, highlighting how this forestry deal is damaging Tasmania... more
Majority of businesses against forestry deal: TCCI - 26th September 2011
The disastrous forestry deal is going to hurt more than just the forestry industry... more
Gunns $23 million pay day - Giddings must ensure contractors can apply for funds from today - 23rd September 2011
It would be an outrageous situation if Gunns, a company that voluntarily chose to exit native forest harvesting, is to be handed $23 million today while contractors who have gone to the wall as a result of Gunns decision still haven’t seen a cent... more
Treasurer Failed to Provide Answers About Worsening State Budget - 21st September 2011
The Premier and Treasurer has again refused to answer questions in Parliament today regarding the state of the budget... more
Cut non-essential areas before frontline services - 18th September 2011
The Green-Labor Government could make nearly $200 million worth of cuts that wouldn’t hit essential frontline services... more
Key IGA player reveals end game is to end native forest harvesting completely - 18th September 2011
Shadow Forestry Minister Peter Gutwein today urged the remaining timber workers and organisations who had not already withdrawn their support from the disastrous forestry deal to now do so... more
Giddings and Green must act on Triabunna - 16th September 2011
The Green-Labor Government must make sure that the Triabunna mill is opened as soon as possible... more
Treasury advice on Gunns compo must be released - 15th September 2011
The Green-Labor Government must release the crucial advice from Treasury on the Gunns compensation deal... more
Govt inaction behind retail slump - 13th September 2011
A lack of business investment and low consumer confidence is hurting Tasmania’s economy... more
Greens split on compensation - 12th September 2011
The fallout from the forestry deal appears to have split the Greens, with state Green MPs supporting compensation for Gunns while federal Senator Bob Brown rejects compensation on the basis it could be used by Gunns to pay its Forestry Tasmania debts... more
Pressure mounts on Premier to walk away from Forestry Deal - 10th September 2011
Even former Labor Ministers are starting to see the Intergovernmental Agreement on forestry as a disaster – and a disaster of the State Government’s own making... more
Compensation farce continues - 7th September 2011
Tasmanians deserve to know exactly why the Premier is so keen to increase the compensation offered to Gunns... more
Tas struggles as national economy bounces back - 7th September 2011
Tasmania is missing out on the economic gains being made by the rest of the country because the Giddings/McKim Government has shattered business confidence, destroyed our forestry industry and attacked our regional communities... more
Treasurer must sort out RBF problems - 7th September 2011
The Treasurer must ask RBF for a please explain over a growing number of complaints... more
Housing Finance plummets under Green-Labor Government - 6th September 2011
Housing Finance Australia Statistics released today again highlight the uncertainty that the Green-Labor Government is causing in Tasmania... more
Forest protests roll on - 5th September 2011
Today’s protest action shows that no matter how many trees are locked up, or businesses shut down or jobs lost, environmental groups will never be satisfied... more
Forestry CRC axing throws doubts over IGA - 2nd September 2011
News that the Federal Government has failed to renew the funding of the Forestry Cooperative Research Centre throws into question the whole rationale surrounding the forestry IGA and is yet another cruel blow to the forest industry... more
Former Premier echoes mill uncertainty - 2nd September 2011
Tasmanians deserve to know the status of the proposed Gunns pulp mill... more
Leg Co revelations: Secret Gillard-Giddings-McKim phone hook-up decided future of forest industry - 1st September 2011
It’s been revealed that the future of Tasmania’s forest industry, and thousands of jobs, was decided during a secret telephone hook-up... more
Hands off our forests, Senator Brown - 31st August 2011
Senator Bob Brown take note - Tasmania is not a plaything for the Greens or mainland Australia... more
Labor knew revenues were crashing in 2008 - 31st August 2011
An explosive leaked diplomatic cable has revealed then Premier David Bartlett told the US Consul-General that Tasmania’s revenues were declining in 2008, blowing a massive hole in Lara Giddings’ story that it wasn’t until 2011 that revenue issues were discovered... more
Building approvals continue to fall under Green-Labor rule - 30th August 2011
Figures released today by the ABS confirm just how badly the state’s economy is suffering, with building approvals falling by a whopping 16 per cent when compared to July 2010... more
Govt flying blind on forestry - 30th August 2011
The Green-Labor Government is flying blind on its forestry reforms, admitting today that it has not modelled the impact of the forestry deal and they have no idea how many jobs will be lost... more
Tas forestry industry shutdown in bid to win mainland votes - 29th August 2011
Tasmania’s forestry industry should not be seen as Labor’s plaything to win votes on the mainland... more
Forestry deal wipes $100m off Forestry Tasmania’s assets - 29th August 2011
Forestry Tasmania’s financial results show that more than $100 million has been wiped off the company’s assets as a result of Gunns’ commercial decision to exit native forestry, and the disastrous forestry deal... more
Construction industry now in recession - 24th August 2011
Tasmania’s economy is suffering severe damage, thanks to the Green-Labor Government’s mismanagement, with the vital construction sector now in recession... more
Has the forestry deal stalled? - 24th August 2011
It’s now over two weeks since Prime Minister Gillard and Premier Giddings signed the forestry deal and there are now clear signs that the process has stalled... more
ACL sackings show now is not the time to axe forestry - 23rd August 2011
There is no doubt that Tasmanian industries are doing it tough at the moment... more
Gutwein slams forestry deal propaganda campaign - 22nd August 2011
Lara Giddings has again demonstrated she is desperately out of touch and has her priories all wrong... more
Giddings must fight for carbon compensation at COAG - 19th August 2011
At a time when Tasmanians can least afford it, the carbon tax will force power prices up... more
What did the Government promise Gunns? - 19th August 2011
Greg L’Strange’s statement yesterday to the Australian Stock Exchange, stating that Gunns had been “misled” and “punished”, and urging the Government to “stick to commitments made” raises very serious questions that Ms Giddings must answer... more
West Report - 18th August 2011
It's now clear that a $1.4 billion industry, thousands of jobs and the future of communities right across Tasmania have been signed away based on a four page analysis that is completely contrary to the best advice provided by the Government’s own agency Forestry Tasmania... more
Green must come clean on impact of forestry deal on Forestry Tasmania - 14th August 2011
The flow-on effects of the disastrous forestry deal, which exchanges $700 million per year in economic activity for just $7 million per year in compensation continues to grow... more
Schirmer bells the cat on disastrous Forest Deal - 12th August 2011
Leading forestry researcher Dr Jacquie Schirmer from the CRC for Forestry has joined the long list of people and organisations concerned about the disastrous Forest Deal... more
Another 300 jobs disappear in July - 11th August 2011
Another 300 jobs were lost in Tasmania last month in a sign of things to come under a Green-Labor Government that seems intent on slashing, burning and shutting down anything in its path... more
McKim must condemn protest trespass plan - 11th August 2011
Nick McKim must explain if he supports plans for green groups to break the law as part of a protest next weekend... more
Opposition to disastrous forestry deal mounts - 11th August 2011
Opposition to the Government’s disastrous forestry agreement has continued to grow with signatories to the agreement and peak bodies such as the TCCI opposing it and now the AWU and the AMWU have added their weight to this agreement being torn up... more
Forestry Tasmania confirms disastrous Forest Agreement means wood supply cannot be met - 10th August 2011
In an internal memo, Forestry Tasmania has confirmed that as a result of the disastrous forestry deal, which locks up another 430,000 hectares of forest, it cannot source enough wood to fulfill existing wood supply contracts... more
Worst jobs figures in the nation - 8th August 2011
The Green-Labor Government’s economic mismanagement is hurting our economy and destroying communities... more
Liberals to oppose disastrous forestry agreement - 8th August 2011
The Liberals today confirmed that they would oppose the disastrous forest deal, which will destroy Tasmanian’s economy, trading $700 million in economic activity per year for just $7 million in compensation... more
Giddings caves in to McKim on forest deal – no jobs, no peace - 7th August 2011
Lara Giddings has spectacularly caved in to Nick McKim on forestry and confirmed once and for all that she is captive to the Greens’ extreme anti-jobs agenda... more
Giddings moves to appease McKim on forestry deal – should work with Liberals instead - 2nd August 2011
It is clear from the comments today of Nick McKim that Lara Giddings is moving to try to appease Nick McKim in the Intergovernmental Agreement on forestry to be signed this weekend... more
Liberals to put bipartisan option to Forestry stakeholders - 31st July 2011
The Liberals will this Wednesday host a meeting of key forestry stakeholders – many of whom have not had a voice in the Statement of Principles process... more
CFMEU must explain why it is prepared to consign members to a dole queue and support campaign to shut down the Native Forest Industry - 29th July 2011
Forestry workers have told us they want job security over a pathway to a dole queue... more
“Peace for our time” Agreement fails - 29th July 2011
Today’s protest by radical environmentalists at the Artech woodchip mill is final confirmation that the Tasmanian Forest Agreement is dead before it even arrives in the Parliament... more
Forestry deal unraveling – Bryan Green rewrites Heads of Agreement - 29th July 2011
Only five days after the Tasmanian Forest Heads of Agreement was signed, Resources Minister Bryan Green appears to be attempting to rewrite it... more
Secret Forestry Tasmania wood supply modelling backs Liberals 13-point plan - 28th July 2011
Secret modelling* undertaken by Forestry Tasmania backs the Liberals balanced 13-point forestry plan, confirming that it will provide ongoing job security in native forestry while allowing for the protection of our most iconic old-growth forests... more
Giddings must release missing letters on Forestry - 27th July 2011
In a bombshell today we found out that Lara Giddings arrogantly ignored warnings from Forestry Tasmania that her plan to lock up 430,000 ha of native forests wasn’t workable and would short change the industry... more
CRC report confirms failed so-called peace talks caused job losses - 27th July 2011
More than 1200 jobs have disappeared from the forestry industry while the Government has fiddled on failed “peace talks” according to the CRC report released today... more
Lack of vision puts Tasmania behind - 27th July 2011
The Premier’s failure to deliver a much needed economic development plan is threatening to damage the state’s economy beyond repair... more
Economic problems continue to grow as Government fails to act - 25th July 2011
Tasmania is at the back of the pack and will remain there as the rest of the country pushes forward, according to the latest Access Economic Business Outlook... more
Questions that the Government must answer regarding the forestry ‘deal’ - 25th July 2011
Ms Giddings has some serious questions to answer about the agreement reached yesterday with the Federal Government on forestry... more
Questions which need urgent answers regarding Gunns and the Triabunna mill - 21st July 2011
The Government must urgently answer serious questions raised about the status of the Triabunna woodchip mill, and claims its reopening is premised on financial compensation being provided to Gunns... more
Forest contractors, workers need support – but shouldn’t be conditional upon shutting down the forest industry - 20th July 2011
Resources Minister Bryan Green must explain exactly how much money he is seeking from the Commonwealth to implement the disastrous Statement of Principles – and how many jobs will be lost as a result... more
Tasmania’s Business Confidence Shattered - 19th July 2011
Since Lara Giddings became Premier there has been a net loss of 1,500 jobs in Tasmania and business confidence is now at an all-time low... more
Labor, Greens must explain Gunns funding backflip - 19th July 2011
With the forest industry in crisis as result of the disastrous Statement of Principles, and the state budget a wreck, Labor and the Greens must explain why they support giving money to Gunns, despite their commercial decision announced last year to exit native forestry... more
Giddings must explain anti sawlog comments - 18th July 2011
Lara Giddings must explain comments from yesterday where she appeared to signal that she no longer supported even Tasmania’s sawmill industry... more
CFMEU must explain financial support for campaign to shut down Tasmania's Native Forest Industry - 17th July 2011
The Forestry union, the CFMEU, must explain why it gave over $1 million in financial support last year to the activist group GetUp!, which is currently running a campaign aimed at shutting down Tasmania’s native forest industry... more
Tasmanian Forestry Industry being held to Ransom - 16th July 2011
It has been revealed that the Tasmanian forest industry is being held to ransom by the Statement of Principles Process... more
1,700 northern jobs disappear in June - 14th July 2011
New ABS data released today shows that a staggering 1,700 northern jobs disappeared in the month of June... more
Worst fears confirmed on Triabunna: to close in “three to five years” - Gutwein calls on timber industry to walk away from SoP after ENGO betrayal - 14th July 2011
The worst fears of Tasmania’s forest industry appeared to be have been realised with confirmation that the new owners Jan Cameron and Graeme Wood want to shut the mill within “three to five years”... more
Greens blackmail Labor: RIP forestry industry - 13th July 2011
The Greens have held a gun to Labor’s head over the Triabunna mill sale and Labor has surrendered... more
Confidence down, business conditions collapse - 12th July 2011
The National Australia Bank Monthly Survey shows that business confidence is falling as business conditions collapsed in June... more
Does Bryan Green support native forest biomass ban? - 11th July 2011
Forestry Minister Bryan Green must say whether he supports the Gillard Government’s decision to specifically exclude native forest residues used in biomass generators from renewable energy certificates, as part of the Carbon Tax... more
Forestry report - 8th July 2011
This is a show of bad faith by the ENGOs in the Principles process... more
Employment crashes – Giddings loses nine jobs a day - 7th July 2011
In shocking new unemployment statistics today, it’s been revealed that a massive 1,500 jobs have been lost in Tasmania since Lara Giddings became Premier... more
Transparency needed on forestry deals - 6th July 2011
The Green-Labor Government must clearly explain itself over revelations in Parliament today regarding forestry matters... more
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